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# announcement

«announcement» in Mova's school dictionary: **a public message that tells people some news or information** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an announcement, announcements)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An announcement is a public message that tells people some news or information. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#m1)

2) The act of telling people something officially. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

At school, announcements are made in assembly or over the loudspeaker: a trip, a winner, a change of plan. At stations and airports, announcements tell travellers about trains and planes. Phrases: make an announcement, an important announcement, listen to the announcements.

### examples

- The headteacher made an announcement in assembly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x1)
- Listen carefully to the announcements on the train. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x2)
- There was an announcement that the pool is closed today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x3)
- The announcement said our flight was delayed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x4)
- The teacher has an exciting announcement: we are going to the zoo! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x5)
- I missed the announcement because I was talking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x6)
- An announcement over the speaker told everyone to go to the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x7)
- This unexpected announcement caused the princess such terror that she sank down in a dead faint. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/#x8)

### note

Countable noun: an announcement. Verb: announce. Spelling: double n — an-noun-ce-ment, keep the e. To make an announcement (not do an announcement).

### In the corpora

- ["Pursuing other opportunities" in a company announcement usually means fired or pushed to quit.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/20-debt-and-jobs/21/)
- [At the gate you listen for announcements and check the board, because gates and times can change.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/271-airports-and-planes/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «announcement» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/announcement/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.